Tribute Selective Turf Herbicide.
Tribute Herbicide is one of the most effective post emergent herbicides available to control cool season grasses and difficult to control weeds in couch. It contains the active foramsulfuron.
This is a sulfonylurea and is in Herbicide Resistance Group 2. It selectively removes undesirable cool-season grasses from warm-season grass.
What are some Related Products in the same Category as Tribute Herbicide?
Other herbicides in the same category as Tribute include:
- Recondo herbicide.
- ProForce Duke herbicide.
- Coliseum
- Prosedge.
Table of Turf Registered SU herbicides in same category as Tribute Herbicide.
Product | Active | Chemical Group | Rate/Ha | Weeds controlled | Kikuyu | Buffalo | Reseeding Interval | Comments |
Tribute Turf Herbicide | 22.5 g/L Foramsulfuron | 2 | 2L | Crowsfoot Grass, Ryegrass, Wintergrass, Goose grass,Paspalum | Suppression | No | 1 week | |
Coliseum | 250g/kg Rimsulfuron | 2 | 75-120g | Ryegrass, Wintergrass | Suppression | No | 7 - 10 days | Ideally apply when weeds are at the 1 -4 leaf stage. |
Duke | 100 g/Kg Iodosulfuron-methyl | 2 | 25-150g | Bindii, Black Thistle, Catsear, Cotula, Cudweed, Guildford (Onion) Grass, Medic, Mouse Ear Chickweed, Oxalis, White Clover, Onion Weed and False Onion Weeds, Ryegrass, and Wintergrass (Suppression), | Safe | Yes | 6 weeks | High level of safety on Couch, Kikuyu and most Buffalo varieties. Broad spectrum of weed control. |
Prosedge | 750 g/Kg Halosulfuron Methyl | 2 | 65-140g | Mullumbimby couch Nutgrass | Safe | Yes | None | |
Recondo | 100 g/Kg Trifloxysulfuron | 2 | 115-300g | Burr Medic, Mullumbimby Couch, Nutgrass, Bindii, Ryegrass, Wintergrass, Catsear, Chickweed, Clover, Cotula, Creeping Oxalis, Curled Dock, Milk Thistle | Suppression | No | 6 weeks | The addition of a quality non-ionic surfactant at a rate of 0.25% v/v (1000 g ai/L products), 0.42% v/v (600 g ai/L products) or Hasten at 1%v/v is strongly recommended. |
Tribute Herbicide controls grasses such as Eleusine indica, Winter Grass and Ryegrass. You use Tribute on warm-season grasses such as couch. Check out our Poa annua blog on the use of Tribute to control Winter Grass.
Key Features and Benefits of Tribute.
- It is a key tool to help manage herbicide resistance.
- Tribute Herbicide has the greatest turfgrass tolerance in comparison to other products.
- Provides a tailor made solution in a single application. You can use Tribute Herbicide with Duke herbicide and Warhead Trio herbicide for broad spectrum weed control.
- If you use ProForce Duke with Tribute there is a synergy between them. This gives better results against difficult to control weeds, and faster control of rye and winter grass.
- Within hours cell division and weed growth stop.
- You can mix Tribute with turfgrass pigments, like Vertmax Duo and Vertmax. These help to retain heat and ensure a faster kill.
Where to use Tribute Turf Herbicide.
Tribute is for professional use on golf courses, sports fields, commercial lawns, cemeteries, parks, campsites, recreational areas, roadsides, school grounds and sod farms. It is not for home garden use.
Timing of Use.
- You can use Tribute to remove undesirable grasses such as winter grass, ryegrass and Crowsfoot in actively growing couch.
- You get faster weed control when you use this at higher air and soil temperatures.
- If you aim to use Tribute herbicide as a transition aid, it’s best to use this in the Spring.
- You can see Tribute works within a week on Crowsfoot. However, complete weed control can take several weeks at lower temperatures.
- For large Crowsfoot plants you may need to make several applications.
Spray Program For Tribute Turf Herbicide
- The speed of removal depends on the air temperature. Warm temperatures result in faster weed removal.
- At temperatures of 21ºC and above, the removal of cool-season grasses takes at most one week.
- If temperatures are 15ºC or lower, removal takes at least two to three weeks.
- Tribute Herbicide works best as a transition aid when warm-season grass is growing strongly as it comes out of dormancy.
- To remove Ryegrass or Clumpy Rye, use Tribute when the desirable grass is actively growing.
- It is not advisable to use Tribute during cold periods in the Winter.
- You may need to make two or more applications of Tribute herbicide 7 to 14 days apart to control some grasses.
- Use Tank Aid to make sure that you clean any residuel out of any spray equipment.
- Soil moisture plays an important role in the results you get. If it’s too dry the results tend to be poor.
Affect of soil moisture on foramsulfuron for grass control
Tribute Herbicide Label
Tribute SDS